10/14/2026
Thirty-seven years after earning her master’s degree from Fairfield, Ilene Bosch MA’89 finally had the chance to walk across the stage at Commencement.
After missing her graduation in 1989 while balancing her career and family, Bosch returned to Fairfield at age 79 to celebrate the accomplishment surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Her full-circle moment reflects a lesson she has carried throughout her life: learning never ends.
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This past May, at age 79, Ilene Bosch MA’89 walked across the stage at Fairfield University’s Graduate Commencement ceremony—37 years after earning her master’s degree.